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Author Description Hiromi’s first novel, <i>Chorus of Mushrooms</i> (1994), received the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best First Book in the Caribbean and Canada region and was co-winner of the Canada-Japan Book Award. Her short stories and poetry have been widely published in literary journals and anthologies. Her second novel, <i>The Kappa Child</i> (2001), was a finalist for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize for Best Regional Book, and was awarded the James Tiptree Jr. Memorial Award. Her first children’s novel, <i>The Water of Possibility</i>, was also published that year. <i>Hopeful Monsters</i>, a collection of short stories, was released in 2004. Her YA/Crossover novel, <i>Half World</i> (2009), was long-listed for the IMPAC Dublin Literary Award and received the 2010 Sunburst Award and the Carl Brandon Society Parallax Award. Her long poem, co-written with David Bateman, came out in Fall 2009. <i>Wait Until Late Afternoon</i> is her first book-length poetry publication. <i>Darkest Light</i>, companion book to <i>Half World</i>, will be released in 2012 with Penguin Canada.<br /><br />Hiromi is an active member of the literary community, a writing instructor, editor and the mother of two children. She has served in numerous writer-in-residencies and is currently in BC, working on <i>Darkest Light</i>.

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